Co-dependence of the neural and humoral pathways in the mechanism of remote ischemic conditioning

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Pickard, Jack M J ^a   Davidson, Sean M ^a   Hausenloy, Derek J ^a,b,c   Yellon, Derek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Intrinsic cardiac ganglia; Myocardial infarction; Remote ischemic conditioning; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HEXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GANGLION; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; HEART PROTECTION; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REMOTE ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING; REPERFUSION INJURY; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VENOUS BLOOD; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HINDLIMB; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84976306101     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: 14351803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-016-0568-z     Document Type: Article

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